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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: April 08, 2023, 09:06:47 AM »
More parking lot progress.

The old exit from preferred is now blocked off. You now exit by the new entrance into the lot. It also seemed like the handicapped lot is gone, but I’m not 100% sure on that.

There are now lighted icons on the payment booths that indicate if the booth is open or not. Not a great photo, you can’t see the green arrow on the one that is open in it. 

The spaces are now angled and lanes are one way. Only a portion of the paid lot has lines painted so far.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: April 07, 2023, 02:24:31 PM »
They have now added power outlets on the fence by the pillar foundations. The foundations are under water now, assuming that they are at a level to be above water in the winter. This could also explain why rust was seen on them.

I also attached my original photo to show that the outlets are new.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: April 03, 2023, 08:57:54 AM »
Clearing along 76 has begun for the new turning lane. In the attached photo, the red area is the approximate area that has been cleared.

It is great to have the train back. As others have mentioned, some jokes are gone or changed, but I don't think that the vast majority of people will notice. The joke about if you pull the orange cord without an emergency; one will be created for you is still there.

There are PowederKeg trains cars in the woods in the middle of the train loop. They are/were loosely covered by tarps, but are now mostly uncovered.

I didn't get a picture, but track is clearly visible in the show building behind Fireman's Landing. The portion of track visible looked like it could quite possibly be the dip on the burning bridge.

There is a new wide sidewalk from the parking lots. It ends where the road goes down the hill to the west next to the handicapped lot. The biggest difference is that the sidewalk is now elevated a little and is not level with the parking lot in most places.

Not sure if I have seen it mentioned here, but Thunderation only has one train currently available. The second train is taken apart and some whole cars are missing from it.

We did have an issue using our digital passes on the way in. If you have picked up the new plastic passes, you have to relink them to your account because new QR codes were issued when they print them.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 28, 2023, 08:25:48 AM »
I’m pretty certain I’ve asked this before, but has there been any mention of bringing back the pork rind stand?

Won't those come back with the rebuilt Fried Flossie's stand?

Any mention of pork rinds has been suspiciously absent from all of the info that has been released about the rebuild.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 27, 2023, 04:50:58 PM »
They are gonna have to increase the walkway paths if they start renting out ECV's.

They have rented ECV's for years. They are just getting new ones.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 20, 2023, 03:20:41 PM »
Yes, they only sell a limited number of Diamond passes each year.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 20, 2023, 10:15:19 AM »
The general parking was still free to the silver and gold season pass holder but everyone else was $22.80.

At Dollywood, parking is free for Gold and Diamond. Silver season pass holders have to pay parking.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 19, 2023, 07:45:40 AM »
When looking at old photos on midwestinfoguide, the foundations are not there. Below is a cropped version of this photo: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sNaUlfFoAtw/XgAFpv5brTI/AAAAAAAA3gI/XJ3rYbiEuVYdLlL3vaJ8FGZcKZV3YK1DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_7625.JPG
The foundations are not in the photo.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC gets sued
« on: March 18, 2023, 04:43:17 PM »
The drop/slide out at the bottom was significantly changed last season and is significantly less abrupt than when it first opened. I honestly don’t see an issue with how aggressive it is post that change, before the change, the ending was very aggressive. The spinning on the slide portion also seems to be less aggressive than at first.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 16, 2023, 01:27:32 PM »
A few of the props on American Plunge have been repainted. Also, the lights in the tunnel flicker completely out now, before it was a constant fire flicker effect.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 16, 2023, 07:24:47 AM »
New concrete pad for the little swings in Fireman’s Landing.

New foundations in Lake Silver. Could these be for the return of REJOICE? They seem to be too spaced out for anything structural like a wider walkway so I’m am guessing decorative.

There was quite a bit of active construction on the new Fried Fancies happening yesterday.
Also, there was active construction happening in the building behind fireman’s landing. It looks like quite a bit of steel has gone up in the building.

And most importantly, there is an express line outside Clara Belles for the original cinnamon bread. My only issue with it is that it is Dollywood style where there is no icing on the cinnamon bread and they give you a container of icing. The icing is cold and not warm like it is when they put it directly on the warm bread.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 11, 2023, 09:57:33 PM »
Instead of driving past the paid lot, doing a 180, driving back by the lot to get to the booths, and then two left turns to park, you drive in and the booths are in the general area where the 180 turn was before. After paying/showing season parking, you just turn right into the paid lot. Much easier than the previous setup.

It may not be quite as far as where the 180 turn was before. So my map illustration may be a little off, but it’s the general idea. With all of the clearing and construction, the actual location wasn’t super obvious.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 11, 2023, 09:50:47 PM »
Wait so there's toll booths for just the Preferred Parking or is it for all parking now? Thats news to me.

Just for paid/handicapped parking. Stay far left like normal to get to free parking.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments
« on: March 11, 2023, 05:53:52 PM »
Still lots of construction going on in the parking lot today. The new toll booths make it much easier on the workers. My only issue with them is that they need a green/red indicator on which ones are open. Even though some of the lanes didn’t have cones, the booths looked empty even though there was someone in them.
Also, there are now 2 tunnels. Neither are being used yet.
Excited to see the parking project get completed!

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